Attestation, Consular and Misc. Services

The Mission legalizes the German documents on the basis of signature and seal of the District Court (landgericht) concerned.

Documents issued by authorities in India :

Legalization/ Apostille of public documents issued by the Indian authorities is NOT recognized by German authorities. Such documents may require verification by the German authorities for use in Germany. It is advised to check with the concerned German Authority/Institution about the procedure for acceptance of documents issued by the Indian authorities.

The following documents are necessary for PUBLIC HEALTH CLEARANCE of Human Remains :

1. Death Certificate issued by the Health Department clearly mentioning the cause of death.

If the cause of death is mentioned as Cardio-respiratory arrest/natural death/pending to be ascertained after postmortem/not possible to clearly mention the exact cause of death due to some unavoidable reasons – then in all such situations, the Health Department is required to issue a certificate stating “the person has not died because of the infectious/communicable/notifiable disease”.

2. Embalming certificate.

THE ABOVE CERTIFICATES HAVE TO BE IN ENGLISH OR TRANSLATED IN ENGLISH BY THE AUTHORIZED TRANSLATOR.

3. NOC from the Embassy.

4. Copy of the passport.

5. Flight details.

[The documents would be attested by the Embassy.]

The Health NOC will be provided only if all the documents in original and photocopy (both original and English translated copy) are presented to the Health Officer at the airport.

Transportation of human ashes to India :

1. Request letter from a member of the concerned family.

2. International Death certificate issued by the local authorities (with English translation).

4. Letter from Cremation Centre stating that box contains only ashes as per international norms (with English translation).

5. Indian passport/PIO/OCI of the deceased.

6. Flight details.

[The documents would be attested by the Embassy.]

Fee : Gratis

Issuance of Police Clearance Certificate or any other miscellaneous certificate based on the Passport:

Applicant is required to fill in the online form which is available at https://portal6.passportindia.gov.in and submit hard copy of the same along with a copy of passport, proof of residence and Personal Particulars Form (Click HERE)Service fee is € 20 plus Consular Surcharge € 2.

Note:

Police Clearance Certificate would be issued only on receipt of fresh police verification.